Short: The Death of Sega
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Episode Short: The Death of Sega
Sega and the Genesis was THE underdog story of the early 90’s. In a single console generation, Sega went from ~zero to 50% US market share and dethroned Nintendo’s seemingly invincible global monopoly. But — somehow — it all then died. Two console generations later Sega was out of the hardware game entirely, and the company was sold off for pieces to a pachinko manufacturer. How on earth did this happen??
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- https://www.acquired.fm/feedback
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExaAYIKsDBI
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tTK88Hu_gUYoOnjWf9pIMPzj4Dm5DulT6wJvOFuJLn8/edit?usp=sharing
- https://www.joincolossus.com/episodes/50823211/morey-systems-thinking-in-sports?tab=transcript
- https://www.hbo.com/succession
- https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2076781/
- https://bit.ly/acquiredvanta
- https://bit.ly/acquiredservicenow26
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